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By Angela Bevacqua, Senior Communications Specialist Are you a nonprofit counting down the days to Colorado Gives Day? If you’re like us, you are. You’ve got your list and you’re checking it twice. Here are our suggestions on what should be, at a minimum, on your check list. One of 4 places your appeal appears Make sure your GivingFirst Profile looks great! Submit final changes by Friday, Nov. 16, so that they can be approved and live in time for the big day. Write a compelling “appeal.”  The appeal is a new feature that lets you write a short summary (300 characters or less) of your organization that appears in several place: 1) in the GivingFirst home page when you get a donation, 2) in search results 3) in the checkout cart, and 4) on your profile page. If you don’t write an appeal, your mission statement is the default.  Consider adding a special appeal just for Colorado Gives Day. For example, “The Puppydog Foundation provides low-cost medical services for ailing do